Luis Bernabè de Lencastre
(1609–64)

Biographical

Knight of the Order of Santiago [Portugal]
Overseer of Finance on the Council of Portugal 1658
Member of the War Council 1644
General of Artillery for Spain
Gentleman of the Chamber to Felipe IV of Spain

Place of birth: Azeitão

Luís' parents intended him for the Church and sent him to study at the University of Coimbra. However, he had other ambitions and abandoned his ecclesiastical career to pursue a military one, serving in Flanders. When King João IV was proclaimed in Portugal, Luís remained in the service of the Crown of Castile.

Son of Álvaro de Lencastre and Juliana de Lencastre, he was married to Teresa de Saavedra after 1651, with no issue